A Pan African shift appealing to youth is growing in the Motherland
Africa is experiencing a resurgence of fearless leadership in the spirit of visionary leaders of the past like Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Sekou Toure of Guinea-Conakry, Amilcar Cabral of Guinea-Bissau, Muammar Gadhafi of Libya, and Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso, to name a few. These leaders were known for their unbending stance on Africa and African people. Now in that...
Namibia is first African nation with a female president and vice-president
In a first for the continent of Africa, a country has two women as its heads of state. It is a milestone that many countries inside and outside the Motherland have not achieved. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, is Namibia’s president, and in March of this year, she appointed Lucia Witbooi, 64, as the country’s first-ever female vice-president. Nandi-Ndaitwah was declared the winner...
UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge
The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on April 14 at United Nations headquarters in New York. Organized by the UN human rights office, the week-long session “Africa and people of African descent: United for reparatory justice in the age of Artificial Intelligence,” will echo global calls for reparations for the historical legacies of enslavement and...
India launches joint naval drills with African states
The exercises aim to boost collaboration and develop solutions to address maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean India has announced the start of new naval exercises alongside nine African nations, aimed at fostering collaboration and addressing maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean region. The Africa India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) exercises began on April 13 in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, the Indian Navy...
Senior Israeli diplomat removed from African Union summit
A high-ranking Israeli diplomat has been expelled from the annual summit of the African Union in Ethiopia due to a growing conflict regarding the Tel Aviv regime’s accreditation to the continental bloc. On April 7, Israeli ambassador to Addis Ababa Avraham Neguise had to walk out of the auditorium during the opening ceremony of the summit to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the...
Tariffs may signal death certificate for Africa-U.S. trade but may also spur necessary change
The tariffs imposed by the Trump administration across the globe may be a death certificate signaling the end of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). “AGOA is finished. It is dead in the water,” said Alex Owino in Nairobi, according to Africa Confidential. Owino is a former advisor to Kenya’s treasury under President Uhuru Kenyatta. “AGOA will be...
Thanks to America, South Sudan’s failed state status was doomed from its inception
South Sudan is reportedly edging closer to another conflict. “After less than a decade and a half in existence, the world’s newest country, South Sudan, appears to be sliding towards a second civil war,” The Guardian reported on April 1. Since its inception, South Sudan has been plagued by conflicts. South Sudan’s first vice president and main opposition leader, Dr....
DRC minerals for security offer widens the door for more U.S. meddling
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is courting the United States to establish a mineral-for-security deal. The proposition was made by the East African country, presently embroiled in a brutal civil conflict with a rebel group that gained control of key swathes of resource-rich land. Fighting between DRC government forces and the M23 rebel group with ties to neighboring...
South African Ambassador dismisses false anti-White landgrab propaganda
Why American President Donald Trump nominated a conservative media critic and pro-Israel commentator as the ambassador to South Africa after expelling that country’s ambassador to the U.S. is anyone’s guess. The nomination of Leo Brent Bozell, described by the Associated Press (AP) as “an outspoken Israel supporter,” follows the administration’s expulsion of South Africa’s U.S. Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool. Relations between...
Supporting Sudan amid ongoing turmoil in the war-torn country
During this holy month of Ramadan, I attended an iftar (daily breaking of the fast) and fundraiser held March 15 at the West Philadelphia-based Sudanese American Community Center. The funds raised at the iftar will go to Sudan-based “ground organizations who are providing food, shelter, medical supplies and medical help,” for the displaced, mostly women and children, said Tibian...